Wireless FutureMotorola, Palm ally on 'smart phone' Motorola Inc. and Palm Inc. are teaming up to develop a ``smart phone'' for early 2002 release that will serve as a wireless Internet device, phone and personal organizer. (SiliconValley. com)

The New New EconomyDrenched in Cash Some European companies are swimming in money. They're starting to spend it -- on each other. By Bruno Giussani for the Industry Standard.

NapsterSome major universities reject ban on Napster A handful of prominent universities have decided not to restrict access to Napster, rejecting a request from legal counsel for the rock band Metallica and rap star Dr. Dre. (CNN)

US.Gov Gun PreventionClinton: Gun-license system on ATF Web site Aiming to keep guns out of ``the wrong hands,'' President Clinton unveiled on Saturday an online system intended to block minors and criminals from using fraudulent firearms licenses to buy guns by mail or over the Internet. (SiliconValley. com)

Cyber SpouseSnoopingSuspicions Confirmed As the Net has given people novel means of expressing their lust and devotion, it has also given spouses new methods of surreptitiously observing their partners lives online. Programs with names like Desktop Surveillance, Investigator, Prudence and Spector record what happens on a machine. Some track browser activity. Others record every program opened, every file saved and every keystrokeincluding passwords. One product, Eblaster, can even e-mail screenshots from one PC to another. Often the target is unaware hes being watched. (Newsweek)